Description
Delightfully festive and easy-to-make Strawberry Santas featuring fresh strawberries filled with creamy sweetened cream cheese and decorated with black and red icing to create adorable Santa faces. Perfect for holiday parties or a fun family treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Cream Cheese Filling
- 8-ounce package cream cheese, softened
- 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
Strawberries & Decorations
- 20 large strawberries
- 1.3-ounce tube black decorating icing
- 20 round red sprinkles or 1 (.67-ounce) tube orange/red decorating icing
Instructions
- Prepare the cream cheese filling: In a mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with a mixer until light and fluffy. Gradually add the powdered sugar and continue to beat on low speed until the mixture is smooth and fully combined.
- Prepare the strawberries: Cut the stems off each strawberry to create a flat base and shape the strawberry into a cone. Then, slice each strawberry about 3/4 of the way up from the bottom to separate the smaller cone portion which will be used as Santa’s hat. Set the smaller cones aside.
- Fill the strawberry body: Transfer the cream cheese mixture into a piping bag fitted with a medium or large round tip (such as Wilton 2A). Pipe two generous swirls of the cream cheese filling onto the larger bottom portion of each strawberry to form Santa’s body.
- Add Santa’s face details: Use the black decorating icing to pipe two small dots for Santa’s eyes directly onto the cream cheese swirls. For the nose, place a red sprinkle or pipe a small dot using the red/orange decorating icing.
- Assemble Santa hats and finishing touches: Place the previously cut smaller strawberry cone on top of the cream cheese swirl as Santa’s hat. Pipe a small dot of cream cheese onto the tip of the hat to represent the pom-pom.
- Serving and storage: Serve the Strawberry Santas immediately for the freshest taste or store them gently in the refrigerator for up to 2-3 days. Ensure they are covered or placed in a container with enough space to prevent damage to the delicate decorations.
Notes
- Make sure the cream cheese is fully softened to achieve a smooth filling.
- Use fresh, firm strawberries for best results to maintain the shape.
- If you don’t have decorating icing tubes, substitute with small piping bags or toothpicks for detailing.
- These treats are best enjoyed the same day but can be refrigerated for a couple of days.
- Handle decorated strawberries carefully to avoid smudging the icing.
- Perfect for holiday parties, kids’ snacks, or as a cute dessert option.
